Breaking Down The 1917 Debate
The film industry loves a good argument. Recent release 1917, Sam Mendes’s (potential Oscar-winning) movie has ignited discourse...
Read MoreReview: Little Women – “A stunning portrayal of how women live and love”
“I’ve been angry every day of my life” states Laura Dern’s Marmee, in a brief moment of candidness, midway through...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: Une Fille Facile (An Easy Girl) – “You won’t find a better coming-of-age tale this year”
Since making the brilliant but under-seen Planetarium in 2016, Rebecca Zlotowski seemed to be lying low. Instead, it’s now apparent...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: The Report – “A spectacular and necessary piece of cinema”
It’s what many of us hope for, the knowledge that based-on-a-true-story cinema can do more than entertain, it can actually redress...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: Bad Education – “Dripping with righteous anger”
The sound of Greta Thunberg’s name is enough to make most cheer and some fume. As the poster child for the climate change movement,...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon – “A wonder to behold”
It’s not often that a film conveys the feeling of being really dirty. Not the gritty city realism of a kitchen-sink drama, nor...
Read MoreReview: Downton Abbey – “Fun, silly, moving, and at times, downright pacy”
It’s a very particular kind of drug, with a diminishing supply – can you get high on aristocracy? The snobbery, manners,...
Read MoreReview: It Chapter Two at the BFI IMAX
Sequels used to be a harder sell-in, because recreating that first-time cinematic magic is a dark art. However, in recent years, the...
Read MoreWhy I Signed the Game of Thrones Petition
“I am not going to stop the wheel, I’m going to break the wheel.” I am going to break the wheel of established journalism, by starting...
Read MoreReview – Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald – “Far too convoluted”
Ten films into a franchise that Warner Bros. now calls the ‘Wizarding World’, arrives Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of...
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